Killing States: Lethal Decision/Final Judgments

That's the title of Duke University's latest issue of South Atlantic Quarterly.  The issue, edited by Jennifer Culbert and Austin Sarat deals with a number of death penalty topics.  LINK  Here's the list of articles:

Robin Wagner-Pacifici

The Innocuousness of State Lethality in an Age of National Security
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 459-483 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-2008-002                          [PDF]

Colin Dayan

Due Process and Lethal Confinement
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 485-507 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-2008-003                          [PDF]

Elizabeth A. Povinelli

The Child in the Broom Closet: States of Killing and Letting Die
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 509-530 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-2008-004                          [PDF]

Peter Brooks

Death in the First Person
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 531-546 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-2008-005                          [PDF]

Ravit Pe'er-Lamo Reichman

Open Secrets, or The Postscript of Capital Punishment
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 547-570 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-2008-006                          [PDF]

Adam Thurschwell

Ethical Exception: Capital Punishment in the Figure of Sovereignty
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 571-596 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-2008-007                          [PDF]

Adam Sitze

No Mercy
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 597-608 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-2008-008                          [PDF]

Notes on Contributors
South Atlantic Quarterly 107(3): 609-610 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00382876-107-3-609
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